TARRAGON & THYME

 I am feeling wired at the moment wanting to get on with some jobs later into the evening, and so for tonight at least I am going to be staying away from the computer and also from crafting (unless I manage to get to do a little bit later on). This may go on into tomorrow as well.  Will see how I do. I have some stuff to shift from the Pantry to the kitchen in order that can start on giving the Pantry a makeover.  However first things need to be put away first. I have lots of outline plans for this week but whether will get to them is another matter at the moment. I am focusing on the Pantry as that is the gateway to getting a bit tidier elsewhere.  Keep working away at things a little at a time.  I will do the scrubbing with some hot water, a little bleach and lots of elbow grease. Yes I am using just a little bleach in here as it is the food storage area and we seem to have had an influx of spiders!  So I want everything to be scrubbed up and dried before...

Last night I decided to have a go at this Mushroom Medley preserve under the auspices of the one thing  a day heading; I have decided to reinstate these set of little posts in an effort to focus my energies one one thing at a time and so get things done. This should have been prepared before Christmas but we did not quite get there.  OH is particularly fond of mushrooms and he tried something similar recently and had raved about it and yet when I had mentioned it previously he had not wanted to know.   Typical. I have a mixture of two packs of exotic mushrooms, chestnut mushrooms, shitake mushrooms (be aware that you do not use the stalks on Shitake mushrooms and they need taking off and disposing of) and ordinary mushrooms but you can choose whichever mushrooms float your boat.  Just plain button mushrooms or an exotic mixture you use exactly the same ingredients and the same procedure.  This is an Oded Schwartz recipe and I can see that it will b...